Taxonomy of meanings for 謁:　　

  • 謁 yè (OC: qad MC: ʔiɐt) 於歇切 入 廣韻：【請也告也白也又姓風俗通云漢有汝南太守謁渙於歇切五 】
    • HAND UP
      • nsubmission; something one transmits and hands up
    • REPORT
      • vtoNtransmit (a message), announce; report
      • vtoNobject=visitorannounce the arrival of; act as butler cf. yèzhě 謁者 "butler"
      • vttoN1.+N2:adVreport (a fact N1) to (an audience N2) and V
      • vttoN1.+N2report (a crime N1) to (the authorities N2) 謁之吏
      • vttoN1.+prep+N2pay a visit and report N1 to N2
    • REQUEST
      • nabactspecial personal requests, special pleas; intercession (on someone's behalf
      • vt[oN]make requests
    • VISIT
      • vt(oN)visit a superior or person of high rank (with omitted object)
      • vtoNvisit a superior or person of high rank; HS 65: interview
    • DOCUMENT
      • SURNAMES

        Additional information about 謁

        說文解字: 【謁】，白也。 〔小徐本作「謁白也。」〕 从言、曷聲。 【於歇切】

          Criteria
        • REPORT

          1. The current word for any report or the passing on of any information is gào 告. But see also ADDRESS.

          2. Yù 語 is a common word referring to informal oral notification or instruction.

          3. Bào 報 and the rarer fù 復 refer to an oral report to the authorities as required by these authorities.

          4. Yè 謁 refers to the transmitting of a message, typically by the ancient Chinese equivalent of a butler.

          5. Wén 聞 refers to making something known to a superior or to the public at large.

          6. Fěng 諷 refers to an informal (often subtly disguised) personal opinion passed on to superiors.

          7. Bái 白 refers to a personal report, often urgent, and typically by an inferior to a superior, and when used among equals it is a polite form of self-deprecation.

        • REQUEST

          1. The current general word for a request is qiú 求 (ant. dé 得 "obtain"), which however can also come to mean demand and is therefore not a particularly polite term to use.

          2. Qǐng 請 is the polite term for a request addressed to a superior or an equal; and this term is currently used in early texts to refer to a suggestion made in the superficial rhetorical form of a request.

          3. Suǒ 索 is a strong request for someting one takes to be due to one.

          4. Yè 謁 refers to (inappropriate) special requests made to acquaintances in high office, and the term can come to have negative overtones when used as a noun.

        • VISIT

          1. The most current general word for paying a visit is jiàn 見.

          2. Yè 謁 refers to any formal visit, private or official.

          3. Pìn 聘 refers to a formal and official visit on behalf of some political authority.

          4. Wèn 問 refers to a visit to a sick person or to the bereaved.

          5. Cháo 朝 refers to a formal visit or general attendance at court.

          6. Guō 過 refers to informal visit en passant.

          7. Cān 參 refers to a visit to a superior.

          Word relations
        • Assoc: (REQUEST)請/REQUEST Qǐng 請 is the polite term for a request addressed to a superior or an equal; and this term is currently used in early texts to refer to a suggestion made in the superficial rhetorical form of a request.